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COMMONWEALTH v. TURRA

442 Pa. 192 (1971)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Turra.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, with him Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Stephen H. Serota, for appellee.

Before JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and BARBIERI, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 18, 1971:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order entered in the court below suppressing evidence of an oral incriminating admission, allegedly made by Rocco Turra, who is awaiting trial in Philadelphia on indictments charging him with murder and other related crimes.

The facts necessary to a disposition of the present appeal are not in dispute and may be summarized as follows:

Turra's trial was listed...

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